Peter Andreas
John Hay Professor of International Studies and Political Science
Areas of Interest: Transnational crime and crime control, borders and border security, immigration and drug control policy.
- +1 401 863 9839
- peter_andreas@brown.edu
Faculty
Watson Faculty Whose Courses Fulfill IR Requirements
For a complete list of courses offered through departments outside of Watson please see the IR courses page.
Ivan Arreguín-Toft
Security Track Director, Undergraduate International and Public Affairs Concentration
Director, International Relations Concentration
Lecturer in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: International security, international relations theory, asymmetric conflict theory, insurgency/counterinsurgency, military intervention, cyber security strategy and policy, sex (gender) and war. Regional areas of expertise include: the Russian Federation (foreign policy, grand strategy, military), Afghanistan, and Norwegian and British defense and foreign policy.
- +1 401 863 5329
- ivan_arreguin-toft@brown.edu
J. Brian Atwood
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: US Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, International Development Cooperation, Congressional War Powers, Conflict Resolution and Post-Conflict Transitions, Europe and Africa.
- +1 401 863 5689
- j_brian_atwood@brown.edu
Sarah Besky
Charles Evans Hughes 1881 Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Labor, environment, commodities, agriculture, plantations, ethical trade, gender, development, Himalayas, India, environmental justice, ethics.
- +1 401 863 2451
- sarah_besky@brown.edu
Robert Blair
Arkadij Eisler Goldman Sachs Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Peacekeeping, statebuilding, security sector reform, quantitative and experimental methods.
- +1 401 863 9728
- robert_blair@brown.edu
Mark Blyth
Director of the William R. Rhodes Center for International Economics and Finance
The William R. Rhodes ’57 Professor of International Economics
Professor of International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Political Economy and finance.
- +1 401 863 1567
- mark_blyth@brown.edu
Richard Boucher
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Diplomacy, foreign policy, China, South Asia.
- +1 401 863 9604
- richard_boucher@brown.edu
Jeff Colgan
Director of Climate Solutions Lab
Richard Holbrooke Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: International order; energy; climate change; oil politics; causes of war
- +1 401 863 9721
- jeff_colgan@brown.edu
Timothy Edgar
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Professor of the Practice of Computer Science
Areas of Interest: Digital policy, cybersecurity, privacy and civil liberties, intelligence, open government and information sharing, U.S. national security policy process.
- +1 401 863 9768
- timothy_edgar@brown.edu
Claudia Elliott
Senior Lecturer in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Comparative politics, transitions theory, Latin American politics, political representation and electoral reform.
- +1 401 863 1071
- claudia_elliott@brown.edu
Patrick Heller
Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Development, globalization, social theory, democratization, governance, urban transformation.
- +1 401 863 5357
- patrick_heller@brown.edu
Veronica Ingham
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Latin American economic development, international competitiveness and development strategy.
- +1 401 863 9744
- veronica_ingham@brown.edu
Michael Kennedy
Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Globalizing knowledge and universities, social movements, cultural politics and social change in Europe and Eurasia, cultural politics and energy security in Europe and Eurasia.
- +1 401 863 6990
- michael_kennedy@brown.edu
David Kertzer
Paul Dupee University Professor of Social Science
Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies
Areas of Interest: Italian politics and society, role of symbolism and ritual in politics, history of Vatican relations with the Italian state, modern history of anti-Semitism, the history of the family in Europe.
- +1 401 863 1938
- david_kertzer@brown.edu
Stephen Kinzer
Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: American foreign policy; US intervention; Latin America, Turkey, Iran, Rwanda.
- +1 401 863 3473
Adam C. Levine, MD, MPH, FACEP
Director, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Services, Policy & Practice
Areas of Interest: Disasters, emerging infectious diseases, humanitarian emergencies, human rights.
- +1 401 863 1536
- adam_levine@brown.edu
Richard M. Locke
Provost, Brown University
Schreiber Family Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Globalization and labor standards, global supply chains, sustainability.
- +1 401 863 2706
- richard_locke@brown.edu
Catherine Lutz
Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Family Professor of International Studies
Professor of Anthropology
Areas of Interest: War and security, militarization, peacekeeping, automobility, photographic representation, gender.
- +1 401 863 2779
- catherine_lutz@brown.edu
Rose McDermott
Director of Postdoctoral Program
David and Marianna Fisher University Professor of International Relations
Areas of Interest: International relations, American Foreign and Defense Policy, psychological aspects of decision-making, especially risk taking and emotion, gender, biological and genetic aspects of political attitudes and preferences, social identity, experiments, intelligence, cyber
- +1 401 863 2833
- rose_mcdermott@brown.edu
Bryce Millett Steinberg
IJC Assistant Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Development economics, labor economics, public economics.
- +1 401 863 5443
- bryce_steinberg@brown.edu
Almita Miranda
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Race and Ethnicity
Postdoctoral Fellow in International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Cultural and political anthropology, race/ethnicity, gender, (im)migration, citizenship, transnationalism, social movements, Latina/o mixed-status families, U.S., Mexico.
- +1 401 863 2216
- almita_miranda@brown.edu
Prerna Singh
Interim Director of the Graduate Program in Development
Mahatma Gandhi Associate Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs
Areas of Interest: Comparative politics, political economy of development, social welfare, identity politics including ethnic politics and nationalism, and gender politics, politics of South Asia and East Asia.
- +1 401 863 6350
- prerna_singh@brown.edu
Daniel Jordan Smith
Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr. ’32 Professor of International Studies
Professor of Anthropology
Director of the Africa Initiative
Areas of Interest: Nigeria, Africa, development, medical anthropology, gender, population processes, infrastructure, corruption
- +1 401 863 1938
- daniel_j_smith@brown.edu
Edward Steinfeld
Howard R. Swearer Director of the Thomas J. Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Dean's Professor of China Studies
Professor of Political Science
Director of the China Initiative
Areas of Interest: Political economy of contemporary China, political economy of global production and innovation, political economy of energy.
- +1 401 863 3596
- edward_steinfeld@brown.edu
Ashutosh Varshney
Director of the Saxena Center for Contemporary South Asia
Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences
Areas of Interest: lndian politics, political economy of development, ethnic conflict and nationalism.
- +1 401 863 6059
- ashutosh_varshney@brown.edu
J. Nicholas Ziegler
Interim Director of the Watson Postdoctoral Fellows Program
Professor of International and Public Affairs (Research)
Areas of Interest: Comparative politics, political economy of Europe, comparative financial regulation, ideology and party politics in France and Germany.
- + 1 401 863 9083
- j_ziegler@brown.edu